아버지의 놀이참여와 유아의 놀이성이 어린이집 적응에 미치는 영향

Effects of Father's Play Participation and Children's Playfulness on Adaptation to Childcare Centers

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of fathers' play participation and children's playfulness on adaptation to childcare centers. For this purpose, 233 pairs of five-year-old child and father and 10 of their teachers at childcare centers in North Chungbuk Province participated in this study, and a survey was conducted in those children, fathers, and teachers. The results showed that general background (father's occupation, birth order, father's education, child's age in months and household income) had effect. so, the greater playfulness children showed, the better adaptation to childcare centers they made, while fathers' play participation had little impact, on such sub-factors of adaptation to childcare centers as peer competence and ego-strength had effects.